Fw: [Peace-discuss] Recruit a Republican Against the War in Afghanistan

[Jenifer Cartwright]

THANKS for the heads up, Bob, and hello AWARE friends.
I sent this to Tim Johnson just now:
Dear Rep Johnson,
I appreciate your position on ending the war in Afghanistan. Cutting off funding for military action, and using some of that for rebuilding of infrastructure seems a positive way to go.
Moving from US military personnel to private contractors is NOT the way to go. In fact, an investigation of the private contractors, including their ever-increasing role, seems past due. 
Sincerely,
Jenifer Cartwright
Champaign
 
You can email him, too, at Timothy Johnson timothy.johnson at houseenews.net
 --Jenifer

--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Recruit a Republican Against the War in Afghanistan
To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:32 AM


[I should point out here that Rep. Tim Johnson is spectacularly good
on this issue. He was one of the seven House Republicans to vote for
the McGovern amendment, and he also voted against the war supplemental
- both when other Republicans were voting against it, and when they
were voting in favor of it.]

In an op-ed Tuesday in the Washington Post, conservative columnist
George Will called for the U.S. to withdraw its troops from
Afghanistan. Send George Will's op-ed to your representatives in
Congress, and to every Republican you know. There's no plausible way
to end support for this war in Congress without turning some more
Republicans against it. And there's no law of the universe that says
Republicans have to support endless war and occupation in Afghanistan.
Many Republicans opposed the U.S. bombing of Yugoslavia in the Clinton
adminstration. Come out, come out, anti-war Republicans. We need you
now.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/09/03-3

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/recruit-a-republican-agai_b_276183.html

--
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Senator Feingold Calls for Timetable for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/exit-afghanistan
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